Studio Life

ART REVIEW: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The semi-functional and figurative ceramics created by three sisters during the decades preceding their formal educations are presented in a contemporary studio space perfect for observing the nuances of the collection, which causes one to ponder the cultural influences surrounding the sisters during their formative years. Teehee, you just have to love a little artspeak

I promised I’d get back to it, so here’s my ode to Stonemountain & Daughter, the cozy little fabric store on Shattuck in Berkeley, CA. Nowhere else can you find an entire shelf of cotton organized by the theme “mushrooms.”  Though it may not have the quantity of your local Jo-Ann store, Stonemountain and Daughter carries a tastefully selected assortment

If your Halloween week is like our Halloween week, you might be running out of time to make fun Halloween snacks like the caramel apples we posted earlier. This week, however, when it was the night before advisory snack day, we were needing the purchasable kind of treat.  While shopping at our local Randall’s grocery store, I spied this curious

Ellen started our Something Lovely category a few weeks ago, and ever since then, I have been continually spotting something lovelies, but finding myself without my camera nearby. Last week, however, I was working in the studio with Julianna, who was home for Fall Break, when she said, “Mom, look, look at that BLUE bird. He is really blue.” I

Your bluebird reminded me of this photo from a walk around the block: Though a hose is undoubtedly much easier to capture than a blue jay, I felt like they both had a similar appeal. p.s. “Ellen started our Something Lovely category a few weeks ago, and ever since then, I have been continually spotting something lovelies…” When I read